Iphigenia in Tauris

by Euripides


tragedy

ca. 414 B.C.

"When Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, lay on the
altar of sacrifice at Aulis, Artemis snatched her away,
and bare her to the Tauric land, which lieth in Thrace to north
of Black Sea. Here she was made priestess of the Goddess's
temple, and in this office was constrained to consecrate men
for death upon the altar ; for what Greeks soever came to that
coast were seized and sacrificed to Artemis"
And herein is told how her own brother Orestes came thither,
and by what means they were known to each other, and of
the plot that they framed for their escape."
Argument


Theatre: Herod Atticus Odeon

Producer: National Theatre of Northern Greece

Opening night : August 1987



Production team:

Translation: TASSOS ROUSSOS

Director: NICOS HARALAMPOUS

Set designer: YIORGOS ZIAKAS

Costume designer: YIORGOS ZIAKAS

Music : MICHALIS HRISTODOULIDIS

Lighting designer : YIORGOS TARKASIS

Sound designer : NICOS TSOLAKIS

Chorus master : AIGLI HAVA - VAYA

Chorus' movement : ISSIDOROS SIDERIS

Assistant director : STEFANOS HADJIMICHAILIDIS


Cast:

Iphigenia: KATERINA HELMI

Orestes: GEORGE KIMOULIS

Pylades: RIGAS AXELOS

Herdsman: TASSOS PANTAZIS / SMARAGDOS KLEOVOULOU

Thoas: DIMITRIS KARELIS

Messenger: NICOS SERGIANOPOULOS

Athena: MARIA MORAITOPOULOU

Chorus :

KETI CHRONOPOULOU, SMARO GAITANIDOU,
KETI MITRIPOULOU, KATERINA SAYA, ARETI SELVESAKI,
MARIA MORAITOPOULOU, ELENI GEORGIADOU,
ROULA PANTELIDOU, STELLA SMOULIOTOU,
DINA NIKOLAIDOU.

Followers of Iphigenia :

EVGENIA VARITIMOU, NANA KOUMIDOU,
ELENI KONSTANTINIDOU, IOANNA SAVIDOU,
CHRISTINA SARI.

Followers of Thoas :

CHRISTOFOROS VASMATZOGLOU, YIORGOS VLAHODIMOS
THANASSIS YAKAS, PARIS ZAFIRIS, PETROS MAVROMATIDIS
MICHALIS TOPKARAS, NICOS PRANDEKAS, YIORGOS TOULIS.


George Kimoulis (Orestes)



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